On October 11, 2023, after more than 10 hours of deliberation, a unanimous Cook County jury awarded $55,500,000 to Shamond Butler for severe and permanent damages he suffered as a result of a brain injury during birth against the University of Illinois Medical Center physicians. Matthew Patterson of Beam Legal Team, LLC tried the case over three weeks.

On October 11, 2023, after more than 10 hours of deliberation, a unanimous Cook County jury awarded $55,500,000 to Shamond Butler for severe and permanent damages he suffered as a result of a brain injury during birth against the University of Illinois Medical Center physicians. Matthew Patterson of Beam Legal Team, LLC tried the case over three weeks. Shamond Butler, now 20 years old, suffered severe brain damage when the resident and fellow-in-training physicians at the University of Illinois Medical Center, Defendants Monique Schoenhage, M.D. and Michelle Kominiarek, M.D., wrongfully, improperly and against drug label warnings and Hospital policy overdosed Shamond’s mother with a High-Alert drug which caused Shamond to be deprived of oxygen, asphyxiating him during delivery. As a result of the medical errors, Shamond is permanently disabled and will require 24/7 care for the rest of his life.